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... Baby showers and other social events to celebrate an impending or recent birth are popular around the world. They are often women-only social gatherings.
▪ In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, baby shower is a common tradition.
▪ In the United Kingdom, baby showers are not historically customary, but are becoming more common.
▪ In Bangladesh, in many places a party named "sadh" (সাধ) or "sadhbhokkhon" (সাধভক্ষণ) is observed on the 7th month of pregnancy. After this the woman resides in her father's house instead of her husband's until the birth.
▪ In Brazil, a party called "chá de bebê" (baby tea) is offered before birth.
▪ In Bulgaria, as a superstition, no baby gifts are given to the family prior to the baby's birth. However, family and friend would give or send unsolicited gifts to the newborn baby, even if some babies are kept from the public for the first 40 days to prevent early infections.
▪ In Chinese tradition a baby shower, manyue (满月), is held one month after the baby is born.
▪ In Hmong culture, a baby shower is called "Puv Hli," and is held one month after the baby is born. A ceremony would be hosted by the paternal grandparents or the father to welcome the baby to the family by tying the baby's wrist with white yarn and/or strings.
▪ In Italy, as of 26 August 2018, such a party is not customary, nor part of traditional culture. At least at a national level.
▪ In Armenia, a baby shower is called "qarasunq" (քառասունք) and is celebrated 40 days after the birth. It is a mixed party for all relatives and friends. Guests usually bring gifts for the baby or parents.
▪ In Iran, a baby shower (Persian:حمام زایمان) is also called a "sismooni party" (Persian:جشن سیسمونی). It is celebrated 1–3 months before the baby's birth. Family and close friends give gifts intended for the baby such as a cot, toys, and baby clothes.
▪ In Costa Rica, a baby shower party is called té de canastilla ("basket tea"), and multiple events are held for a single pregnancy for the family, co-workers, and friends.
▪ In Nepal, a baby-shower party is called "dahi-chiura" (दही चिउरा) and is celebrated in the 6th or 7th month of pregnancy.
▪ In Mongolia, a baby shower is called "хүүхдийн угаалга" (huuhdyn ugaalga).
▪ In Hindu tradition, they are called by different names depending on the family's community.
• In northern India it is known as godbharaai, in western India, especially Maharashtra, the celebration is known as dohaaljewan, and in West Bengal and Odisha it is called saadhroshi.
• In southern India, in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh it is called seemantham, valaikaapu or poochoottal (the expecting mother wears bangles and is adorned with flowers); in Karnataka it is called seemanta(ಸೀಮಂತ) or kubasa (ಕುಬಸ). It is held when the woman is in her 5th, 7th, or 9th month of pregnancy. Although these might be celebrated together, they are very different: seemantham is a religious ceremony, while valaikappu and poochoottal are purely social events much like Western baby showers. In a valaikappu or poochoottal, music is played and the expectant mother is decked in traditional attire with lots of flowers and garlands made of jasmine or mogra. A swing is decorated with flowers of her choice, which she uses to sit and swing. At times, symbolic cut-outs of moons and stars are put up. The elderly ladies from the household and community shower blessings on the expectant mother and gifts are given to her.
• In Gujarat, it is known as seemant or kholo bharyo, a religious ritual for most Gujarati Hindus during the 5th or 7th month of pregnancy, usually only for the first child. The expectant mother can only go to her father's house for delivery after her seemant. They offer special prayer and food to the goddess "Randal, the wife of the Sun".
• In Jain tradition, the baby shower ceremony is often called as "Shreemant". The expectant mother can go to her fathers house in the 5th month of pregnancy and has to come back before the baby shower ceremony. After the ceremony the expectant mother cannot go back to her fathers house. The ceremony is only performed on Sunday, Tuesday or Thursday of the 7th or 9th month of pregnancy. During the ceremony one of the practice is that the younger brother- in - law of the expectant mother dips his hands in Kumkuma water and slaps the expectant mother seven times on her cheeks and then the expectant mother slaps her younger brother - in - law seven times on his cheeks.
• In Kerala it is known as pulikudi or vayattu pongala', and is practiced predominantly in the Nair community, though its popularity has spread to other Hindu sects over the years. On an auspicious day, after being massaged with homemade ayurvedic oil the woman has a customary bath with the help of the elderly women in the family. After this, the family deity is worshipped, invoking all the paradevatas (family deities) and a concoction of herbal medicines prepared in the traditional way, is given to the woman. She is dressed in new clothes and jewellery used for such occasions. A big difference in the western concept of baby shower and Hindu tradition is that the Hindu ceremony is a religious ceremony to pray for the baby's well-being. In most conservative families, gifts are bought for the mother-to-be but not the baby. The baby is showered with gifts only after birth.
▪ In the Islamic tradition of Aqiqah, an animal (such as a sheep) is slaughtered on the seventh day after the birth, and the meat is distributed among relatives and the poor. The practice is considered sunnah and is not done universally.[8][9]
▪ In South Africa, a baby shower is called a stork party (named after the folk myth that a white stork delivers babies), and typically takes place during the mother's 6th month. Stork parties, usually not attended by men and often organized as a surprise for the mother, involve silliness such as dressing up, and mothers receive gifts of baby supplies.
▪ In Nepal a baby shower is known as "dahi chiura khuwaune". The mother-to-be is given gifts from her elders and a meal is cooked for her according to her preferences. The pregnant mother is often invited by her relatives to eat meals with them. Pasni is a traditional celebration that often marks a baby boy's 6th month or a baby girl's 5th month, marking the transition to a diet higher in carbohydrates and allowing guests to bestow blessings, and money and other gifts.
▪ In Guatemala, only women attend this event. Middle-class women usually celebrate more than one baby shower (one with close friends, co-workers, family, etc.).
▪ In Russia, and Commonwealth of Independent States, there are no baby showers, though some of the younger generation are starting to adapt it.
There... googled if for you. Is it so very hard to realize that many other people in many other countries do things differently??
We don't all have to do things the "British" way, and just because people don't do things the "British" way, it doesn't make a custom grabby, obnoxious or, the greatest curse of all, American...